My New Toy

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:14

Sweet! ETIC on being finished?

Postby **Huzer** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:14

Tell him to hurry the hell up.

tsx_guy · Postby **tsx_guy** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:14

nice, sig miT

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:14

I don't have the welded pictures yet but here are pre welded fitment pictures.

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:14

We worked on the car last night.

I stripped the front driver's side fender (red). It was a junk yard fender and we tried to just give it a sanding before primer but the quality of the paint used on it was very poor so I had to completely strip it. I also worked on sanding the primed front cowl guide coat so we could find dents that needed to be filled.

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:14

This just came in the mail:

http://www.re-speed.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart_product_id=56&virtuemart_category_id=22&Itemid=18
Energy Suspension, HYPER-FLEX SYSTEM graphite impregnated black bushings Complete Master Bushing Set.

Kit includes:

Front control arm bushing kit.
Front sway bar end links.
Front sway bar mounting bushing kit.
Front stay rod bushing kit.
Rear control arm bushing kit.
Watts linkage kit.
Rear sway bar end links.
Rear sway bar mounting bushing kit.

ecam8000 · Postby **ecam8000** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:14

Almost ready to race now.......

Still have your helmet?

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:14

I do still have the helmet.

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:14

Here are some pics of the welding progress as of Saturday:

Here is a pic of where the frame rail had to be opened up to weld inside:

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:14

the windshield was removed yesterday so it could be replaced and they found some rust that needs to be repaired before the new one is put in. He was going to fix that last night. He also worked some more on the front cowl and did some welding on the front. The car is now on the lift so he can weld underneath.

On saturday I replaced the throwout bearing and also installed the highflow cat. The project turned from a 2 hour job to an entire day because the tranny jack died. We ended up having to rebuild it. This was one of those tranny jacks for the lift.

I haven't gotten any pics of the cat installed yet.

Postby **Huzer** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:14

Did a stud break off on the passenger side strut??

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:14

Huzer wrote:Did a stud break off on the passenger side strut??

yes that happened at the alignment shop before the painting started. I have another strut mounting block I need to install.

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:14

We made more progress last night. Finally stuff is actually happening.

Filling is nearly done on the front end. I removed more components from the engine bay to prepair for paint. I also did cleaning and sanding.

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:14

The cat installed:

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:14

front end as of last night:

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